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Basil Valentine & the Philosopher's Stone

In the hands of the Moors who

held Granada, there was at that BLOG ARCHIVE
time a sacred treasure, with the ▼ 2020 (20)
possession of which a kind of ▼ August (1)

hidden knowledge was Rudolf Steiner on Vaccines

associated. It was a sacred relic ► July (1)

connected with a form of ► June (5)
Alchemy. Destiny brought it ► March (9)
about that this object and the ► January (4)
knowledge associated with it fell
► 2019 (45)
into the hands of Francisco
► 2018 (12)
Almeida. Almeida felt that he had
► 2017 (42)
the right to dispose of it after his
own insight, but the Order of St. ► 2016 (3)

Iago did not agree with him, and ► 2015 (6)

desired to keep for itself the right ► 2014 (9)

of disposal, both of the relic ► 2013 (32)

itself, and of the hidden knowledge which went with it.  ► 2012 (9)
► 2011 (9)
Almeida however insisted on his right and eventually passed on the ► 2010 (23)
relic and the knowledge to a certain man from Alsace, whose name was ► 2009 (2)
Stefan Rautter. This individuality is known to history under the ► 2007 (33)
pseudonym Basil Valentine. His writings, preserved by his pupils and ► 2006 (1)
circulated in manuscript form, were at a later time collected and
published by Thldes, secretary of the Rosicrucian Order. Thldes edition
contains a few biographical remarks by Basil Valentine himself, but the
real name of the latter is not given; it is only inserted in handwriting in
one of the extant copies of the edition. Basil Valentine here mentions,
among other things, that he undertook in peril of his life a journey to St.
Iago di Compostella, and he remarks that those who may now benefit
from the knowledge which he brought from thence should thank God
that he was enabled to complete the arduous journey.

Basil Valentine's work contains the great secret of Alchemy, which

consists in the study of certain transmutations of carbon, referred to
mysteriously as the prima materia. The secret is not revealed; it is only
hinted at in a half-jocular form, where it is said that the disciple of
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Alchemy must not take it amiss if he be called upon to dirty his hands
with coal.

Basil Valentine also mentions that he came to England. Thomas Malory,

who here became his pupil, repeats the same jest in the story of the
knight, Beaumains. Indeed, the entire seventh book of Malory's Morte
d'Arthur proves him a pupil of Basil Valentine; only what Basil refers to
as the stone that goes through many colors is for Malory the knight
of many-colored amour.

It was Almeida, therefore, who withheld the knowledge from the Order
of St. Iago and was responsible for giving it to Basil Valentine. The
hidden knowledge, and the preparation in question, was preserved from
thenceforth in the Rosicrucian schools of Alchemy. This knowledge is
indeed very ancient, and in the last resort goes back to the time of
Alexander the Great, who learned the secret of substance and of its
medical use from his tutor, Aristotle.

The coal, the transmutation of which is the subject of Alchemy, is

indeed none other than the carbon that is contained in every living
substance. In the living body of man this carbon does indeed take on all
colors, inasmuch as all the organs are made up of its compounds.

Carbon builds up the human body, which is not only alive, but also
permeated in its living substance by soul and spirit. What Basil
Valentine calls the Philosophers Stone is none other than the human
being looked at from the threefold aspect of Body, Soul, and Spirit.

Therefore the
Philosophers
Stone is
represented as
consisting of three
substances,
though one in
essence. In the
Mystery Schools of
Antiquity it was
always known that
the human being
must experience a
transmutation in
body, soul, and
spirit if the ordinary
Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens
consciousness is
to be changed into
a higher, clairvoyant consciousness. To describe this transmutation in
the language of carbon chemistry was the essential content of Basil
Valentine's Alchemy.

Thus Almeida brought the Royal Art from Granada to Compostella and
from thence, by the hand of Basil Valentine, to Alsace and to Thomas
Malory in England.

-Walter Stein

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THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017

Fathomed by the Elder Brothers of Humanity

Dr. Steiner hinted that his most

popular book was inspired by the
Masters:

"By applying certain methods one

can recognise whether something is
true or not. For instance, in my book
"Knowledge of the Higher Worlds" it
would have been an easy thing to
write: ´These teachings were given
through higher inspiration, etc., they
come from the masters and so
forth...´ But the principle of the
theosophical movement is violated if
the writer does not bear the
responsibility for what is written. If it
is ever claimed that an author is not
responsible for the book that has been written, you can be sure that the
book does not contain truth but lucifer-ahrimanic deception. Nowadays
the masters do not allow a writer to disclaim responsibility; therefore
one is obliged to measure things against the yardstick of reason, and
not simply take things on authority. Of course it is far easier to depend
entirely on a personality cult, for reason and logic are harder
taskmasters. Only those who examine and test what is given from the
world of spirit can keep faith with Christian Rosenkreutz. "

-Rudolf Steiner, at the Christian Rosenkreutz group, Hamburg 17th

June 1912

He was asked by Walter Johannes Stein: "What's the source of

knowledge of the higher worlds?" He said, "Basil Valentine," [Stefan
Rautter] an alchemist.

"Those who are unacquainted with the principles of occult

investigation may believe that it would be better if such facts
had not previously been made known. But in the spiritual
world there is a definite law, the significance of which we will
make clear by example. Suppose that in a certain year some
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properly trained clairvoyant had perceived this or that in the

spiritual world. Now imagine that ten or twenty years later,
another equally trained clairvoyant could see the same thing
even if he had known nothing whatsoever about the result
obtained by the first clairvoyant. If you were to believe that
this could happen, you would be making a great mistake, for
the truth is that a fact of the spiritual world that has once
been discovered by a clairvoyant or by an occult school,
cannot be investigated a second time if the would-be
investigator has not first been informed that it has already
been discovered.

"If therefore, in the year 1900 a certain fact had been

investigated and in the year 1950 another clairvoyant reaches
the stage of being able to perceive the same thing, he can
succeed only if he has realized that someone has already
investigated and fathomed it. Therefore already known facts
in the spiritual world can be perceived only when their import
has been consciously grasped as communications already
made.

"This is the law that establishes for all epochs the foundation
of universal brotherliness. It is impossible to penetrate into
any domain of the spiritual world without a link having first
been made with what has already been fathomed by the Elder
Brothers of Humanity. The spiritual world sees to it that
nobody can become a law unto himself, saying, `I am not
concerned with what is already there. I shall investigate only
for myself.' None of the facts communicated in spiritual
science today could be perceived by individuals, however
highly developed and advanced, if they had not been
previously known.

"Because a link must be there with what has already been

discovered, the theosophical movement had also to be
founded on this basis.

"In a comparatively short time from now, many individuals will

become clairvoyant, but they would be able to see only
unreality, not the truth in the spiritual world if they had not
heard of what had already been investigated. First one must
have knowledge of these truths, such as given by theosophy,
or the science of the spirit, and only then can they be actually
perceived. Even a clairvoyant must get to know what has
already been discovered, and then, after conscientious
training, he can perceive the facts himself.

"It may be said that the divine beings fertilize a faculty of

seership only once in a human soul and if the single, virginal
fertilization has been achieved, then other human beings
must pay attention to what this first soul has discovered in
order to have the right to see it themselves. This law lays the
foundations of an inner, universal brotherliness, a true
brotherhood of men. From epoch to epoch wisdom has
passed through the occult schools and been faithfully

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harbored by the
Masters, and
we, too, must
help to
preserve this
treasure and
maintain
brotherliness
with those who
have already
achieved
something if we
wish to make
our way into
the higher
regions of the
spiritual world.
What is striven for on the physical plane as moral law is
natural law in the spiritual world."

-Rosicrucian Occultism, Rudolf Steiner, Budapest, 4th June 1909 

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 01, 2011

Swan Initiation

There is an expression "swan song" which means death or dying. This

expression comes from the thought (Middle Ages) that swans sung
before they died. It is a clue to the Swan level of initiation.

In the writings of Basil Valentinus, the Swan represents the third level of
initiation - Raven and Peacock being first and second. In this level
Inspiration as the Divine Word, the harmony of the Spheres, sounds
forth.
 

"In the third degree he meets death and must sing the Swan's
song. He then dies to everything earthly."

 
- Notes from Walter Stein's The Ninth Century

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The next stage, is often shown as The White Swan. Now the
alchemist begins to experience the inner world as being light
filled - the initial inner brightness which is often erroneously
mistaken for true illumination. This is merely a first conscious
encounter with the etheric world, and in comparison with
physical sense experience is for many souls so overpowering
as to be pictured as bright white light. The alchemical
tradition recognised this and symbolised this stage as the
White Swan. The swan is a bird which is rarely seen in flight,
but rather swimming upon lake or river, gracefully moving on
the surface of water- in soul terms, on the soul's surface, its
etheric interface with the physical.

-Adam McLean, The Birds in Alchemy

More on the Swan as the Aum, taken from:

The Voice of the Silence by H. P. Blavatsky

I found this interesting, that the parts of the bird were "parts" of the
AUM. I wonder if this was pictured in meditation?:

"Kala Hamsa, the "Bird" or Swan. Says the Nada-Bindu

Upanishad (Rig Veda) -

"The syllable A is considered to be its (the bird Hamsa's) right

wing, U, its left, M, its tail, and the Ardha-matra (half metre) is
said to be its head."

"Some Sanskrit mystics locate seven planes of being, the

seven spiritual lokas or worlds within the body of Kala
Hamsa, the Swan out of Time and Space, convertible into the
Swan in Time, when it becomes Brahma instead of Brahma
(neuter).

A Yogi who bestrides the Hamsa [Swan] (thus contemplates

on Aum) is not affected by Karmic influences or crores of
sins."

Through contemplation on the AUM the student passes from the world
of images to the world of God - the Archetypes.

From the Contents Rudolf

Steiner's of

Esoteric Lessons Part III:

Berlin, 12-21-'04

AUM, I acknowledge myself

or I am: A.

I acknowledge mankind or
man is: U.

I acknowledge the Godhead

or God is: M. (Or I
acknowledge life: M)

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Feel responsible for every thought, feeling and action. Every

moment that we experience in this way brings us forward a
little. What would I be without other human beings? Helpless.
Streets are paved by others. When I get up in the morning
people have already worked for me. My karma is connected
with that of other men. I may have been an accomplice to a
murderer because I didn't improve him in a previous life. One
man's gain is someone else's loss. Teachers taught me. People
worked for me from the moment I was born. So do good for all
mankind.

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